<topic>
	<head>
		<title>POWER</title>
		<keywords>
			<keyword term="functions, POWER" />
			<keyword term="mathematical functions, POWER" />
			<keyword term="POWER function" />
		</keywords>
		<links>
			<link href="Functions.html">Functions</link>
			<link href="Mathematical Functions.html">Mathematical Functions</link>
		</links>
	</head>
	<body>
		<summary>
			<p>
				Returns a specified number raised to the specified power.
			</p>
		</summary>

		<syntax>
			<code xml:space="preserve">POWER(basis AS double, exponent AS double) RETURNS double</code>
		</syntax>

		<parameters>
			<params>
				<param name="basis">
					<p>
						A double-precision floating-point number to be raised to a power.
					</p>
				</param>
				<param name="exponent">
					<p>
						A double-precision floating-point number that specifies a power.
					</p>
				</param>
			</params>
		</parameters>

		<returns>
			<p>
				The number <c>basis</c> raised to the power <c>exponent</c>.
			</p>
		</returns>
	</body>
</topic>
